Video game
Star Wars: The Arcade Game
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Star Wars: The Arcade Game, or simply Star Wars, is an arcade game produced by Atari and released on May 5, 1983. The game is a first-person space simulator, based around Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope. More specifically the game's action covers the Battle of Yavin. The game is composed of 3D color vector graphics. Considered one of the most popular video games of all time, it was greatly successful in its day, particularly in the wake of the theatrical release of Return of the Jedi. Several home versions have been released over the years.
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Facts
- Title
- Star Wars: The Arcade Game
- Developer
- Atari
- Publisher
- Atari
- Released
- May 5, 1983
- Genre
- Simulation
- Modes
- Single player
- Platforms
- Arcade
- Amiga
- Atari 2600
- Atari 5200
- Atari 8-bit
- ColecoVision
- Commodore 64
- Macintosh
- Timeline
- 0 BBY
Who turns up here
Characters: 6
- Wedge Antilles (voice only)
- Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice only)
- R2-D2 (voice only)
- Luke Skywalker (voice only)
- Han Solo (voice only)
- Darth Vader (voice only)
Planets: 1
- Yavin 4 (mentioned only)
Places: 1
Starships: 4
Organizations: 2
Events: 1
Technology: 2
Everything else: 6
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